Meta Expands VR Education Initiative to More Classrooms

Meta’s giving more schools access to its VR education tools.

YouTube Adds AI Audio Replacement Options, Tests ‘Hype’ Purchasing

An easier way to replace problematic audio in your YouTube clips.

Instagram Provides Tips on How to Maximize Content Recommendations

Some tips to help you lean into Instagram’s updated recommendations approach.  

Walkabout’s Don Carson On ‘Creating The Context For Humans To Interact With Each Other’

Don Carson walks the path from player to worldmaker at Mighty Coconut.

Meta For Education Is Now Available, Bringing Quest To Schools & Universities

Meta For Education is now out of beta, offering schools and universities an end-to-end solution for adopting VR & mixed reality via Quest headsets.

Bono: Stories Of Surrender Will Be The First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video

Bono: Stories Of Surrender, a documentary launching in May, will be the first feature-length Apple Immersive Video.

Symphoni Blends Spell Casting With Mixed Reality Conducting Next Week On Quest

Symphoni blends conducting with spell casting in a mixed reality rhythm game, and it’s out next week on Quest.

HTC Launches Browser-based 3D & VR Platform ‘VIVERSE Worlds’, Aims to Be ‘YouTube of 3D Content’

HTC today launched VIVERSE Worlds, a 3D content platform that can be embedded on “any website for any device,” positioning it as a lighter, more flexible way of hosting and browsing 3D content across the web. Unlike HTC’s existing Viverse metaverse platform—or Meta’s Horizon Worlds, for that matter—the key differentiator is Viverse Worlds focuses on 3D content distribution. […]

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Valve’s Standalone XR Headset ‘Deckard’ Reportedly Launching This Year at $1,200, Leaker Claims

Valve’s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed ‘Deckard’, is practically the stuff of legend at this point, with speculation brewing since data miners first discovered mention of the alleged device in January 2021. Now, leaker and data miner ‘Gabe Follower’ maintains Deckard is coming by the end of 2025, priced at $1,200. Gabe Follower, who also […]

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Crew Explores Cellular Immunity, Digestion and Waits for Cargo Mission

Cellular immunity and digestion were the main research topics on Wednesday as the Expedition 72 crew explored space biology aboard the International Space Station. The orbital residents also worked on spacesuit maintenance and prepared for the arrival of a new cargo mission this weekend.